(AI, also machine intelligence, MI) is Intelligence displayed by machines, in contrast with the natural intelligence (NI) displayed by humans and other animals. Colloquially, the term “artificial intelligence” is applied when a machine mimics “cognitive” functions that humans associate with other human minds, such as “learning” and “problem solving”.

Is the desire to obtain new knowledge (e.g., concepts, ideas, and facts) expected to stimulate intellectual interest (I-type) or eliminate conditions of informational deprivation (D-type). I-type epistemic curiosity appears to be maximally activated when individuals recognize opportunities to discover something completely new, whereas D-type epistemic curiosity is optimally stimulated when people lack specific pieces of information they wish to incorporate into an existing knowledge-set.

(from Greek μάθημα máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”) is the study of objects and their relations. Examples of objects are quantity (numbers), structure, space, and change. There is a range of views among mathematicians and philosophers as to the exact scope and definition of mathematics

We can, for example, have a look at the internet, which has become an inseparable part of our lives. Nowadays, some scientists are already talking about the third phase of the web. It is a relatively new concept that refers to the third generation or the so-called intelligent or semantic web. Its essence lies in the fact that it has the ability to understand its user and helps him to sort information based on his preferences from a huge amount of resources. Marvellous, indeed.

Have you ever wondered, though, where it all began? How was the software born and how did this whole quiet digital revolution come about? The existence of the internet and today's innovations such as web applications would not have been possible without the birth of software and the first computers.

You can read more about this development in our blog posts that are based on the book “The triumph of the algorithm – how the idea of software was invented” from Dr Manuel Bachmann, a researcher at the University of Basel and lecturer at the University of Lucerne.